Synthesis without Protections

Because of the nature of classical chemical reactivity, organic synthesis extensively utilizes protection-deprotection of functional groups, which increases the number of steps in synthesizing the desired target compounds (Li and Trost, 2008). Novel 

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At this point, the strategies to attain synthesis without protecting groups should be summarized. The highest return may result when reconsidering the sequence of steps in a planned synthesis ... 

Unprotected 4-heteroaryl phenylalanines have been prepared by microwave-assisted Suzuki-Miyaura reactions. Amino adds containing the biaryl motif have several interesting applications in medicinal chemistry and this method enabled their synthesis without protection of the amino acid. Optically pure boronic acids could be used without racemization (Scheme 15.16) [49]. 

Yokoyama Y, Hikawa H, Mitsuhashi M, Uyama A, Hiroki Y, Murakami Y (2004) Total Synthesis Without Protection Three-Step Synthesis of Optically Active Clavicipitic Acids by a Biomimetic Route. Eur J Org Chem 1244... 

By the radical pathway l, -diesters, -diketones, -dienes or -dihalides, chiral intermediates for synthesis, pheromones and unusual hydrocarbons or fatty acids are accessible in one to few steps. The addition of the intermediate radicals to double bonds affords additive dimers, whereby four units can be coupled in one step. By way of intramolecular addition unsaturated carboxyhc acids can be converted into five raembered hetero- or carbocyclic compounds. These radical reactions are attractive for synthesis because they can tolerate polar functional groups without protection. 

Approaches to the Synthesis of Platinum-Acetylide Dendrimers Without Protecting Groups... 

C. Kieburg and T. K. Lindhorst, Glycodendrimer synthesis without using protecting groups, Tetrahedron Lett., 38 (1997) 3885-3888. 

In the synthesis of D-eryt/zro-sphingosine (78 without BOC protection), the key step is the asymmetric aldol reaction of trimethylsilylpropynal 75 with ke-tene silyl acetal 76 derived from a-benzyloxy acetate. The reaction was carried out with 20 mol% of tin(II) triflate chiral diamine and tin(II) oxide. Slow addition of substrates to the catalyst in propionitrile furnishes the desired aldol adduct 77 with high diastereo- and enantioselectivity (syn/anti = 97 3, 91% ee for syn). In the synthesis of protected phytosphingosine (80, OH and NH2 protected as OAc and NHAc, respectively), the asymmetric aldol reaction is again employed as the key step. As depicted in Scheme 3-27, the reaction between acrolein and ketene silyl aectal 76 proceeds smoothly, affording the desired product 80 with 96% diastereoselectivity [syn/anti = 98 2) and 96% ee for syn (Scheme 3-27).50... 

During an investigatior of the utihty of epoxide 240 as an intermediate in the synthesis of the HIV protease inhibitor Indinavir 241, it was found that the amino alcohol 237 must first be protected prior to iodination. Without protection, the iodination of the unsaturated amide 237 gave the unstable oxazoline 239 in 83% yield (Scheme 8.65). 

Dialkoxy- and trialkoxybenzyl esters are even more acid-labile than the Wang linker, and can, for example, be cleaved with dilute TFA, acetic acid, or hexafluoroiso-propanol without simultaneous acidolysis of Boc groups. These linkers thus enable the solid-phase synthesis of protected peptide fragments or other acid-sensitive products [33]. 

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